【雅思口语系列】两页小说带你完胜人物类话题！

辛苦备考雅思口语的同学们，不知大家平日里除了雅思真题，还会用什么素材做积累呢？英剧？美剧？电影？还是新闻？其实听上去不怎么搭边的流行小说也可以是口语素材的优质资源呢！当然，选材很重要。接下来就让我们一起来见识一下，一本对的小说，是如何给我们的雅思口语开挂的吧！

首先，我们简单说一下选材。大部分烤鸭认为英文小说犹如鸡肋，因为本身属于阅读文本，所以不确保口语是否可用；同时作为通俗读本，小说对于作文和阅读能力貌似也无法做到短时间内提升。其实，只要选对素材，一本小说是完全可以解决n多难题的。秘诀就在于我们对于作者和其文风等信息的掌握。

今天我们就以美国现代作家Donna Tartt和她1992年的作品The Secret History为例，领略一下，如何只用这本小说的前两页完胜雅思口语人物类话题！

正文开始前，请允许我隆重介绍一下我们的“嘉宾”。

 （图片来源：环球人物杂志）

Donna Tartt，2014年普利茨奖获得者。Donna生于美国密西西比州，是一位新浪漫主义作家。自出道以来，她的著名作品有3部，The Secret History是她的首部作品。

 （图片来源：维基百科）

小说以Donna的母校为背景原型，是一部经典的校园小说。整部小说以细致的人物描绘和心理活动描写著称，这正是我选择这部作品作为雅思人物类素材的重要原因。

接下来，让我们再回顾一下近期的雅思口语中高频人物类话题：

雅思口语Part2：

1.仰慕的领导人
Describe a leader who you admire (for example, in sport, business or politics).
You should say:
Who this person is
What this person did that you admire
How you know this person or know about this person
And explain how this leader's qualities impressed you.

2.有创造力的人
Describe an innovative person
You should say
Who is this person?
Why do you think he is innovative?
And explain what the influence he has on you is

3.搬入的人
Describe a person who moved in with you.
You should say:
Who that person is
When he or she moved
Why he or she moved in with you
And explain how it affected your life.

4.共度时光的人
Describe a person who you like to spend time with.
You should say:
Who this person is
How you know this person
What you like to do together
Why you like to spend time with this person

5.你的好品质（注：阐释品质时需涉及人物性格、特长等词汇，故为人物类）
Describe a good part of your personality or character.
You should say:
What it is
What this part of your personality or character is like
How it affects your life or work
And explain why you think it is good.

现在，让我们来领略一下，细节大师对于这几类人都是如何描绘的！

崇拜的人：

He was a marvelous talker, a magical talker, and I wish I were able to give a better idea what he said, but it is impossible for a mediocre intellect to render the speech of a superior one.

他十分健谈，近乎神奇。真希望我可以更好地理解他的话，但对于一个普通的小知识分子来说，去渲染一个高手的演说无异于班门弄斧。

点评：此处标黄的几个形容词用法都可算是advanced vocabulary，和名词搭配得当，可以加分！标蓝的第二条件句此处使用也非常出彩。

人物外貌：

1)Two of the boys wore glasses, curiously enough the same kind: tiny, old-fashioned, with round steel rims. The larger of the two – and he was quite large, well over six feet – was dark-haired, with a square jaw and coarse, pale skin.

两个男孩都戴眼镜，说来也奇怪，他们的眼睛都一样。都是小小的，复古款，有圆形钢圈的那种。块头比较大的那个，话说他真的很高大，绝对有6英尺以上。他留着深色的头发，下巴方方的，皮肤既苍白又粗糙。

2)The smaller of the two – but not very much – was a sloppy blond boy, rosy-cheeked and gum-chewing, with a relentlessly cheery demeanor and his fists thrust deep in the pockets of his knee-sprung trousers. He wore the same jacket every day, a shapeless brown tweed that was frayed at the elbows and short in the sleeves, and his sandy hair was parted on the left, so a long forelock fell over one bespectacled eye.

个子比较小的那个，不过也没有差很多。他是个看起来邋邋遢遢的金发男生。脸颊红红的，还嚼着口香糖。他有一种冷漠却轻松的气质。他双手握拳，并且一直插在裤子口袋里。他每天都穿着同一件走形的花呢外套。衣服的肘部已经磨损了，袖子还有点短。他的黄头发偏分到了左边，还有一撮长长的刘海耷拉在眼镜前。

点评：这两段人物描述分别说明了人物的外貌、气质、以及穿着，很符合雅思第二部分一些人物类话题的要求。标黄的形容词大部分都为符合形容词，广大烤鸭们可以多多借鉴。标蓝的部分是比较native的短语和句型。

好啦。我们这次的雅思口语人物类话题分享就先告一段落，希望对大家有帮助。各位，下次见哦。

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